dryer
UK/ˈdɹaɪə//ˈdɹaɪɚ/
dryer noun: one who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative. Also the abbreviation of clothes dryer.
Noun
dryer (plural dryers)
- One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
- The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls,[…]2004 December 17, Evgenii D. Moniushko, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Proper noun capitalized: Dryer
Dryer (plural Dryers)
- A surname.
Also used as
dryer is also the abbreviation of clothes dryer.
dryer is also the abbreviation of hair dryer.
dryer is also the comparative form of dry.
dryer meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
dryer in Hindi
- ड्रायर, सुखाने वाला
dryer in Marathi
- ड्रायर
dryer in Urdu
- ڈرائر, خشک کرنے والا, ڈرائیر
dryer in Bengali
- ড্রায়ার
More languagesFewer languages
- dryer in Telugu
- డ్రైయర్
- dryer in Malayalam
- ഡ്രയർ, ഡ്രയറർ, ഡ്രൈയർ
- dryer in Kannada
- ಡ್ರೈಯರ್
- dryer in Punjabi
- ਸੁਕਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਸੁੱਕਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਡ੍ਰਾਇਅਰ
- dryer in Gujarati
- ડ્રાયર
- dryer in Odia
- ଡ୍ରାଯ଼ର୍, ଡ୍ରାଯ଼ାର
- dryer in Nepali
- ड्रायर, सुखानेवाला
- dryer in Tagalog
- patuyuan
Examples of dryer in a sentence
- Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.
- The refrigerator, washer, and dryer do not convey unless it's specifically laid out in the contract.
- I'm really cheesed off about the lack of hand dryers in this washroom!
Forms of dryer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dryers |
| alternative form | drier |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dryers |
Origin of dryer
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
From dry + -er (comparative suffix).
Words formed from dryer
Phrases with dryer
Words that rhyme with dryer
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about dryer
- What does dryer mean?
- Dryer means one who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative.
- What is dryer in Hindi?
- Dryer in Hindi is ड्रायर, सुखाने वाला. See Dryer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dryer?
- Dryer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dryer?
- Dryer is pronounced /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of dryer?
- The plural of dryer is dryers.
Words near dryer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dryer (page history and authors); Dryer (page history and authors); dryer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dryer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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